Acridine orange leukocyte cytospin test for central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection: A pediatric experience

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 337-339

  Farina, Claudio ^a,c   Bonanomi, Ezio ^a   Benetti, Guendalina ^a   Fumagalli, Roberto ^a,b   Goglio, Antonio ^a  

^a OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c SAN CARLO BORROMEO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

AOLC; Bloodculture; CVC; Infection; Microscopy; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; ITALY; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEPTICEMIA; SMEAR; STAINING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

ACRIDINE ORANGE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CENTRIFUGATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENTIAN VIOLET; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PHENAZINES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 24744445565     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2005.04.011     Document Type: Article

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